dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
polite; respectful; reverent
grace; refinement; elegance; daintiness
Your Highness; His Highness; Her Highness
fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub
to knock down; to knock off
good quality; fine quality; superior quality; high quality
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
person concerned; interested party; related party
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
to spit out; to eject; to dump
to interrupt (a story, etc.); to bend at the waist
the L-word (i.e. love); being in love
to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed
to have a catch; to have an ulterior motive; to be more (to something)
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
unwelcome; nerdish; unpopular
to seize (someone) by the collar; to grab (someone) by the scruff of the neck; to collar (someone)
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown
clumsy; awkward; unskillful; incompetent; inept; bungling
dullard (gen. from not picking up on other people's feelings)
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
but; however; even though; even if
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
to have rumors going around (rumours); to have rumors spread
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
remaining silent; keeping secret
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
group; body; party; company; troupe; gang
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
string instrument; stringed instrument